Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Resources and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 1.38% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Myob Group Ltd (AX:MYO), which rose 19.13% or 0.570 points to trade at 3.550 at the close. Lynas Corporation Ltd (AX:LYC) added 2.80% or 0.050 points to end at 1.835 and Super Retail Group Ltd (AX:SUL) was up 2.29% or 0.200 points to 8.930 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alumina Ltd (AX:AWC), which lost 6.89% or 0.210 points to trade at 2.840 in late trade. Beach Energy Ltd (AX:BPT) declined 5.92% or 0.125 points to end at 1.985 and Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (AX:APT) shed 5.48% or 0.970 points to 16.730.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 789 to 373 and 371 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 23.25% to 14.089.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.45% or 5.40 to $1200.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.69% or 0.51 to hit $73.83 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.77 to trade at $83.39 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.10% to 0.7060, while AUD/JPY rose 0.19% to 80.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 95.40.